Reversible car-seat



No. 751,312;l PATENTEE EEB. 2, 1904.

P. G. LEISTNEE.

REVERSIBLE GAE. SEAT.

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UNITED STATES Patented February 2, 1904il APATENT OFFICE.

PAUL G. LEISTNER, OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OE ONE- FOURTH TOHERMANN H. NIEMEYER, OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI.

REVERSIBLE CAR-SEAT'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters P I l i Application ledMarch 23,1903- Beit known that I, PAUL G. VLnrs'rnnn, a

Charles, St. Charles county, State vof Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Reversible Car- Seats, of which thefollowing is a specification containing a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.v

My invention relates to improvements in reversible car-seats, and hasfor its object to provide a car-seat in which the back portion may bereversed and when reversed alters the angle of the seat-section andplaces in position a foot-restf'to be usedbythe occupants In thedrawings which form a part of the specification, Figure 1 is an end viewof a seat embodying my invention. Fig. l2 is a top view of the same,with the'seat-back removed, the side supporting-rails of the back memberbeing shown in section. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view taken alongthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of thesupports for the seat-section. sectional Aview of portions of a seatembodying my invention, taken along the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is avertical section of the locking device embodied in my invention, takenon the line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the base ofthe support for the back-section of my car-seat.

I have provided tubular standards 1 and l, cast integral, at the outersides of their tops withthe curved guide members 2,'which guide membersare adapted to receive and hold the the back-section 4.` The upperportions of the Shanks 3 iit into the channelled members section 4, theShanks 3 being held in place thereinby means of straps-6, so that thebacksection 4 is made thereby vertically adjustable. The back-section'may thus be swung the length of the curved guide member 2, the base ofthe shank 3 being provided with roll- Fig. 5 is a vertical atent No.751,312, dated February 2, 1904.

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with the arms-8, which are screwed tothe side castings which contain.the curved guide members 2. The portions ofthe castings toV which thearms are thus attached are indi- "cated by the numeral 9 at the centralportion of theside castings, and between the sections 9 I have provideda slot 10, which is adapted to receive the vplate 11. The transversebar. 12'is pivotally mounted at each end in the plates 11. 1 Within theplates 11 the collars 13 are mounted upon the bar 12 and held thereon bymeans of pins 14. At their outer sides the collars 13 terminate in theslotted arms 15. The members 3 are provided with pins 16, whereby themembers 3 and arms 15 are slidably connected. At their inner ends thecollars 13 are provided with depending arms 17,

` which terminate at their lower extremities in lugs 18.

The seat-section 19 rests upon the supports 20, provided with horizontalslots 21 and vertical slots 22, as shown in Fig. 4. The bar 12 passesthrough the slots 21 and the lugs 18 project inwardly through the slots22. The standards 1 and 1 are provided on the inner sides of their upperextremities with brackets y through the slots of both of the members 26.

By the meansthus describcd the foot-rests 25 are connected to theback-section 4, sothat the foot-restibeneath the side of the seat atwhich the back-section is placed in position'is' itself in position foruse, so that it may be used by the occupants of the adjoining seat,while the opposing foot-rest 25 is thrown upward toward the seat-section19, leaving the space beneath the seat at its front available for theVstorage of baggage and the like.

the collars 13, Iwhich is at the outer side of the seat, with adepending lug 27, and have provided the tubular support 1 with thefootlever 28, connected by the pivot 29 to the lug 30 and provided withthe vertical locking-bar 31, which is normally held upward and in en--gagement with the lug 27 by means of the spring 3Q, the locking-bar 31and foot-lever 28 being connected by a pivot 33. The top of thelocking-bar 31 projects vertically through the opening 34 in the bracket35, which is cast integral with the top of the support 1. Thustheback-section 4 and its connections are securely locked when inposition and released l by the shanks are secured within the channeledto bevshifted to the opposing position by depressing the foot-lever 28.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tohave secured to me by the grant of Letters Patent, is-

1. In a reversible car-seat, standards provided with curved guidemembers, a verticallyadjustable back-section provided at its sides withchanneled members, shanks adapted to fit within the channeled members,straps whereby the shanks are secured within the channeled members, twopairs of rollers mounted upon the bases of the shanks and adapted to fitwithin the guide members, and arms pivotally mounted within thestandards in a plane without the plane of the guide members and providedat their upper ends with slots to en gage with pins on the outer facesof the Shanks, substantially as described.

2. In a reversible car-seat, standards provided with curved guidemembers, a verticallyadjustable back-section provided at its sides withchanneled members, Shanks adapted to iit Within the channeled members,straps wheremembers, two pairs of rollers mounted upon the bases of theshanks and adapted to it withvided with curved guide members, averticallyadjustable back-section provided at its sides with channeledmembers, shanks adapted to it within the channeled members, strapswhereby the Shanks are secured within the channeled members, two pairsof rollers mounted upon the bases of the shanks and adapted to fitwithin the guide members, arms pivotally mounted within the standards ina plane without the plane of the guide members and provided at theirupper ends with slots to engage with pins on the outer faces of theShanks, footrests connected to the back-section, a lockingbar mounted inone of the standards and a footlever whereby the locking-bar isactuated; the back-section, seat-section and foot-rests being connectedto move simultaneously, and ad aptcd to be locked in position by meansor' the locking-bar and foot-lever, substantially as described.

4. In a car-seat, astandard whereon the seat is supported, curved guidemembers mounted upon the standard, a seat-section, tilting supportswhereby the seat-section is carried, parallel foot-rests, slotted armswhereby the footrests are slidably connected to each other and pivotallyconnected to the seat-supports, a vertically-adjustable back-section,shanks whereby the back-section is supported, rollers mounted upon thelower extremity of the shanks and extending into the curved guidemembers, and connecting-arms whereby the back-section, seatsection andfoot-rests are engaged together to operate simultaneously, substantiallyas described.

5. In a reversible car-seat, connecting means between the back-sectionand the standards comprising curved guide members 2 mounted on thestandards, collars 13 pivotally mounted in the standards, slotted armsextending upward from the outer ends or' the collars 13,

their slots engaging with pins on the outer sides of the shankssupporting the back-section, the slotted arms being disposed on theouter sides of the curved guide members; the Shanks being disposedagainst the inner sides of the curved guide members, the bases of theshanks being provided with two pairs of rollers which fit within andagainst the top and bottom flanges of the guide members, substantiallyas described.

6. A reversible car-seat, comprising two standards, a transverse barpivotally mounted 'between the tops of the standards, curved each of theshanks, the rollers fitting within n the curved guide members andengaging with the inner sides of the tops and bottoms thereof, theslotted arms being disposed upon the outer sides of the curved guidemembers; 'brackets mounted at the tops and on-the inner sides of thestandards, parallel transverse rods connecting the brackets, foot-rests,slotted arms 26 carrying the foot-rests, the slotted arms v26 beingpivotally mounted upon the parallel arms, supports carrying theseat-sectionand' slotted horizontally to admit the transverse bar andvertically to admit the lugs von the depending arms, Shanks carrying thebacksection and provided with pins to engage with the slots in theslotted arms, two pairs of rollers mounted upon the bases of' each ofthe shanks, the rollers itting within the curved guide members andengaging with the inner sides of the tops and bottoms thereof, theslotted arms being disposed upon the outer sides of the curved guidemembers; brackets mounted at the tops and on the inner sides of thestandards, paralleltransverse rods connecting the brackets, foot-rests,slottedarms 26 carrying the foot-rests, the slotted arms 26 beingpivotally mounted upon lthe parallel transverse rods, their slotsoverlapping, and being penetrated by lugs upon the depending arms; alocking-bar mounted in one ofthe standards and a foot-lever whereby thelocking-bar is actuated to lock the back-section and seat-section andfoot-rests in position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name PAUL Gr LEISTNER.

Witnesses: v

M. Gr. IRIoN, EDW. HARRINGTON. l

